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Drug dealer snared by traffic police

Helen Burchell
BBC News, Peterborough
Cambs Police Safa Lawan is looking at the camera in a police custody image. He has dark, short hair and a dark beard and moustache. He is wearing a grey T-shirtCambs Police
Safa Lawan was caught when traffic police decided to search his vehicle after pulling him over

A drug dealer has been jailed after traffic police pulled him over for an insurance query and found drugs in his car.

Safa Lawan, 22, was caught in Gables Close in Peterborough on 15 December 2023 and found to have almost £1,500 in cash, 23 wraps of cocaine and two mobile phones with him.

Lawan, of Barnard Road, Norwich, itted possession with intent to supply cocaine, possession of criminal property, and being concerned in the supply of cocaine at Cambridge Crown Court on 5 June.

He was jailed for two years and two months.

Cambs Police A clear plastic police evidence bag contains white drugs wrapped in plasticCambs Police
Wraps of cocaine were found in Lawan's car

When Lawan's phones were ed, they contained messages regarding the sale of cocaine.

PC Malachi Creedon, from Cambridgeshire Police, said: "This was great work from our traffic officers who acted on their suspicions to search Lawan and uncover the drugs."

At Lawan's sentencing, the court ordered the cash found on him to be divided equally between three charities - Cambridge Community Foundation, The Red Hen Project and The Port.

PC Creedon added: "It is great to see something positive being done following this result, with the cash seized being distributed to charities in Cambridgeshire to help the community."

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